We made this with some leftover chorizo that had been cluttering the fridge for a while. It works really well before dinner with some toasted bread but equally as part of a Tapas selection, or starter with olives etc. Multiply the quantities depending on how much sausage you have. You can also make individual portions in smaller jars. Leave this in the fridge for at least a week before serving and it will mellow and subtly take on the flavours of the herbs and oil, so make sure the olive oil is decent and herbs are fresh.
Herb-marinated Sausage
- 1 cured sausage e.g. chorizo
- 1 garlic clove
- 10 juniper berries
- 2 thyme sprigs
- 1 bay leaf
- a small sprig of fresh rosemary
- 300-600ml olive oil
- toasted bread, to serve
Slice the sausage and remove the skin. Put the sausage slices in a clean jar with the garlic, juniper berries, thyme, bay leaf and rosemary. Add enough olive oil to cover, close the lid and leave in the fridge for at least a week.
Serve with toasted bread.
(Original recipe from Stéphane Reynaud’s Pork & Sons, Phaidon, 2005.)
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Awesome recipe! Thanks for sharing it .. 🙂
Am going to make this, this weekend so it”s ready for next. And by the way the patatas bravas were gorgeous! I hope Marie has sampled them by now.
Hi Helen! It’s great to hear from your and delighted you’ve been using our recipes. We’ve been very bad bloggers over the last month as we have been moving into the new house we have bought in Dublin. The builders and painters have finally gone and we are absolutely fed up of eating out and take-away so should be cooking again at last!
Poor Mum has yet to sample the Patatas Bravas but we shall amend that very soon.
J xx
I made this yesterday in preparation for a Spanish themed dinner in two weeks time. It looked beautiful as per your photograph. However, after leaving it in the fridge overnight it has become cloudy and murky. Should I not have put it in the fridge? Many thanks
Hi Fiona
Sorry for the delay in replying. I don’t know how we missed this comment coming in! I think it’s just that the oil has got cold. It should become clear again if you leave it out of the fridge to come to room temperature.
Hope this helps for next time!
J&J
Thank you. I had already worked out that removing it from the fridge might resolve the problem and it did. It is now back in the fridge until I need it.